David Oyelowo’s Son Just Learned About Sex

David’s 12-year-old son took his first sex ed class and had some probing questions for his parents.

TranscriptCONAN: YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED HOW MANY YEARS NOW?
DAVID: 1.
CONAN: 18 YEARS.
YOU HAVE FOUR KIDS.
[APPLAUSE]
YEAH, THAT GETS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
DAVID: THANK YOU.
CONAN: AND YOU SAID YOU HAVE FOUR KIDS.
VALENTINE'S DAY IS TOMORROW.
DAVID: YES.
CONAN: IS IT HARD TO HAVE A ROMANTIC MOMENT EVEN WITH YOUR WIFE WHEN THERE ARE FOUR CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND THE HOUSE?
DAVID: YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN MY HOUSE.
I HAVE THREE SONS AND A DAUGHTER.
MY MIDDLE SON CAME HOME QUITE RECENTLY AND I THINK THEY'D JUST HAD A SEX EDUCATION CLASS.
THERE ARE OTHERS WHO'VE EXPERIENCED THIS I CAN TELL.
YEAH, AWKWARD.
CONAN: HOW OLD IS HE?
DAVID: HE'S 12 AND HE CAME HOME AND SAID MOM, DO YOU AND DAD HAVE SEX?
AND MY WIFE, QUITE RIGHTLY, SAID YES.
AND THEN HE SAID, IN THIS HOUSE?
[APPLAUSE]
DAVID: SO NOW WE'RE JUST CONCERNED THAT THERE'S EARS AT DOORS TRYING TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT TOUCHING HIS MOTHER.
CONAN: YEAH, ALSO ARE THERE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY?
YOUNGER ONES?
DAVID: YEAH, WELL, MY 8-YEAR-OLD WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SEX IS BUT HAPPENS SOMEHOW TO HAVE CONNECTED UNDULATION WITH THE FACT THAT SEX HAPPENS.
SO EVERY TIME MY MIDDLE SON IS TRAUMATIZED BY THE IDEA OF MOMMY AND DADDY HAVING SEX, MY YOUNGEST SON GOES AROUND GOING --
[APPLAUSE]
[LAUGHTER]
DAVID: BUT CLEARLY HAS NO IDEA HOW THIS WORKS.
[LAUGHTER]
CONAN: YEAH.
WELL.
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU PUT THOSE ALL TOGETHER AND YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY.